Name/TitleA Herstory of Prostitution in Western Europe
MakerWells, Jess
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectSlim paperback book titled 'A Herstory of Prostitution in Western Europe' by Jess Wells. Published by Shameless Hussy Press (California) though portions of the book were previously published in Spare Rib (London) and The Second Wave (Cambridge). The main headings are:
- Introduction
- Ancient Athens
- the male historians
- The Early Christian Church
- a body aman
- The Middle Ages
- Southwark
- hetero fantasy
- The Victorian Era
- the ever-raging animal
- Notes
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 216 x W: 137 x D 7 mm
Date Made1982
Period1980s
Place MadeUSA, California
Place NotesShameless Hussy Press, PO Box 3092, Berkeley, CA 94703
PublisherShameless Hussy Press
Publication Date1982
Publication PlaceUSA, Berkeley CA
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Wells:
Jess Wells (born 1955) is an American author of modern realism, historical fiction and magical realism. She blogs on under-represented women in history. Wells participated in the foundational years of lesbian and feminist publishing during the time of second-wave feminism in the 1980s and 1990s [continues].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta_(poet)#Shameless_Hussy_Press:
Alta Gerrey (May 22, 1942 – March 10, 2024) was a British-American poet, prose writer, and publisher, best known as the founder of the feminist press Shameless Hussy Press and editor of the Shameless Hussy Review. Her 1980 collection The Shameless Hussy won the American Book Award in 1981. She is featured in the feminist history film She's Beautiful When She's Angry ... Alta started Shameless Hussy Press in 1969. The first women-owned feminist press in California, it opened during the time of second-wave feminism. Alta used a printing press in her garage to publish books by authors such as Susan Griffin, Pat Parker, and Mitsuye Yamada. Yamada later described Alta as an "energetic feminist poet" who promoted Yamada's first volume of poetry "at women’s conferences, women’s health centers, and lesbian bars." The press published the first edition of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide, When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange, and Mary Mackey's first novel, Immersion (1972). They also published poetry by men: "Alta reasoned that since 6 percent of the books published in the U.S. were by women, 6 percent of the books she published should be by men." The press closed in 1989; its archive is held at University of California Santa Cruz.
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's writing & literature
Subject and Association Keywordssex work, prostitution
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
ISBN/ISSN0-91 5288-48-6
Object numberGWL-2024-75
Spine LabelA HERSTORY OF PROSTITUTION IN WESTERN EUROPE ~ Jess Wells ~ Shameless Hussy Press
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved